Chapter 92: Liking Points Soaring

He grabbed a quick bite for breakfast near the wet market, then went in and bought some groceries, especially three mandarin fish.

By the time he arrived at Lin Wan and Wu Mengting’s place, it was about nine-thirty in the morning. Still very early.

Lin Wan opened the door, and only then did he find out that Wu Mengting had gone to work and wasn’t home.

Which meant she was the only one home, making things a bit awkward.

Chen Feng didn’t want to be alone with her. This woman was fierce, and Chen Feng was genuinely a little “afraid” of her.

“Then I’ll come back later. I’ll come over after Mengting gets off work, it’s close by anyway.”

Chen Feng directly stated his intention to leave.

Lin Wan hadn’t planned on making him stay either. Although they were somewhat familiar with each other, a man and a woman alone in a room was indeed a bit… well.

But when she heard a man like Chen Feng take the initiative to say it, and with a fearful look on his face, she became a little unhappy.

“What are you leaving for? I don’t even mind, what’s a man like you minding for? Anyway, I’m going into my room to do a live stream. You can watch TV or scroll through your phone in the living room, time will pass quickly. At worst, you can take these groceries to the kitchen, wash them, and prepare them. That way, Tiantian can start cooking as soon as she gets back.”

Chen Feng was not happy to hear this. “I bought all the groceries, and you want me to wash them too? What are you going to do? Wait for a ready-made meal like last time?”

“What’s wrong with a ready-made meal?” Lin Wan was, as expected, not at all polite with people she was familiar with. “I’m giving you a chance to show off. Just think, when Tiantian comes back and sees you busy in the kitchen, her liking for you will definitely soar.”

He had to admit, it seemed to make sense. Chen Feng was tempted.

However, he quickly came to his senses. Why did he need Wu Mengting’s liking for him to increase?
“No need,” Chen Feng said with a serious face. “You should wash these vegetables. Otherwise, you can forget about a ready-made lunch.”

Seeing that her attempt to trick Chen Feng had failed, Lin Wan resorted to acting cute. “Brother Feng, please help me out, I have to do my live stream.”

Chen Feng was unmoved, saying with a stern face, “It’s only nine-thirty now. Two hours should be enough for your live stream, right? After your stream, you can come out and wash the vegetables, chop them, gut the fish, and all that. You do it all. Otherwise, you can forget about eating lunch.”

Seeing that acting cute was useless, Lin Wan said angrily, “Fine, I won’t eat then.”

As she turned to leave, Chen Feng added, “Then you can forget about dinner tonight too. Private kitchen, Huaiyang cuisine.”

Lin Wan immediately stopped in her tracks and quickly squeezed out a smile. “Alright, alright, since Brother Feng has spoken, I’ll definitely listen to you. It’s just washing and chopping vegetables, right? I’m the best at that. No problem, I’ll get it done after my live stream. You can wait here in the living room.”

“It’s still at least two more hours until lunch. I’d better go back and wait. It’s close anyway.”

This time, Lin Wan didn’t insist. She nodded with a smile and then asked, “Your friend, Chief Qin, Qin Zhen, is he bringing his girlfriend to dinner tonight?”

“Yes. His girlfriend picked the place, so she’s definitely coming. I have to warn you, don’t be too over-the-top when you get there. Otherwise, you’ll be embarrassed, and Mengting and I will be embarrassed along with you. Also, Qin Zhen didn’t plan on inviting you this time. I was the one who felt it wasn’t right to leave you out and asked to add you.”

Lin Wan was immediately unhappy. “What do you mean by that? What do you mean ‘be too over-the-top’? I’ll dress up beautifully to go, that’s not too much, is it? I want to see just how beautiful his girlfriend is.”

Chen Feng shook his head. “Even if you’re more beautiful than his girlfriend, so what? If he’s not interested in you, he’s not interested. Even if he breaks up with his girlfriend, he won’t go for you.”

These words greatly annoyed Lin Wan, and she directly reached out and hit Chen Feng.

Chen Feng dodged, but not completely, and she still hit his arm. Her hand was quite strong.

“You woman! Don’t get handsy! It’s not like we’re that close. If you do this again, I’ll ignore you from now on,” Chen Feng threatened.

“Fine. As long as you’re willing to give up our Tiantian, you can just cut ties with us,” Lin Wan said, looking completely unafraid.

Chen Feng really wanted to say firmly, “Cut ties it is,” but what came out was: “Can you represent Mengting? Can you not do this bundle-sale thing?”

“Tch! We’re like sisters. You think you can just unbundle us?” At this point, she couldn’t help but giggle smugly. “Now I finally see it. You do have feelings for our Tiantian. But you’re just being indecisive, or you can’t let go of Sister Sun, that’s why you haven’t taken the next step with Tiantian, right?”

“I told you, stay out of my business with her,” Chen Feng said, annoyed, and turned to leave. As he was changing his shoes at the door, he said to her again, “Remember what I just said. Don’t be too over-the-top in front of my friend’s girlfriend. His girlfriend is not someone to be trifled with. It wouldn’t be good if it causes unpleasantness between both sides. If you think you can’t do it, then don’t go tonight. They didn’t plan on inviting you in the first place.”

“I’m going! I’m definitely going! Don’t worry, I know what I’m doing. I won’t deliberately try to show off in front of Qin Zhen, nor will I deliberately provoke his girlfriend.”

“That’s good. I’ll be over later.”

Leaving the apartment and going downstairs, Chen Feng didn’t drive. He just walked back to the East Lake villa. It was only a matter of a few minutes.

With nothing better to do, Chen Feng rarely took out a pair of scissors to trim the potted plants in the yard and pull out some weeds.

More than half an hour passed without him noticing.

He went to wash his hands and lay down on the living room sofa to read a novel. It was Wu Mengting’s “The Golden Hairpin Bond.” To be honest, as a man, it was hard for him to get into this female-oriented novel, but he had to admit that her writing was quite good.

The plot was smooth and reasonable, and the characters were well-described. The description of the female protagonist’s inner thoughts was especially good.

He had read over fifty chapters intermittently over the past few days. It was okay, a good way to pass the time, or to read a few chapters before bed, which had a very hypnotic effect.

Until Wu Mengting sent a WeChat message, saying she was home from work and would start cooking right away.

Chen Feng immediately stood up from the sofa and went over.

When he arrived, the door was ajar. Chen Feng pushed it open and saw Wu Mengting’s busy figure in the kitchen. His liking for her immediately soared.

Lin Wan hadn’t been wrong about that before. Seeing a man or a woman busy in the kitchen was a very heartwarming sight that generated a lot of goodwill, especially when the person was a good cook.

Closing the door, Chen Feng called out towards the kitchen, “I’m here!”

“You’re here!”

The busy Wu Mengting in the kitchen turned around with a sweet smile, giving Chen Feng a strong feeling of home.

Just as Chen Feng was about to continue the interaction, Lin Wan came out of her room and interjected, “Did you bring the drinks?”

“What drinks?” Chen Feng asked, puzzled.

“Didn’t you see the WeChat message I sent you?” Lin Wan asked.

“I didn’t,” Chen Feng said bluntly.

“You… you’re really not a gentleman at all. You don’t even read my WeChat messages, and you take a long time to reply.”

Lin Wan was fuming, but she couldn’t really make a scene about it. After all, she wasn’t Chen Feng’s girlfriend. She still had that much sense.

“Alright. Why drink drinks with a meal?” Wu Mengting chided Lin Wan, then beckoned to her, “Come over and help.”

Lin Wan went over, still fuming.

Only then did Chen Feng pick up his phone to look at her WeChat message. Sure enough, it was asking him to bring a few bottles of drinks.

He had previously thought it was just to inform him that Wu Mengting was home from work, so he hadn’t looked.

Of course, the main reason was that Chen Feng didn’t attach much importance to this woman, Lin Wan. If it had been Wu Mengting, he would have definitely read it long ago.

After changing into slippers, just as he was about to enter the room, the doorbell rang.

Chen Feng had to turn around and first look through the peephole. It was an auntie in her fifties, so he opened the door.